A Coalition of Queer Classicists and Allies
Queer Representations and Receptions of Amazons
LCC Panel, 2022 Annual Meeting of the SCS in San Francisco/Zoom!
Organizers: Walter Penrose Jr., San Diego State University, and Sarah Breitenfeld, University of Washington (original call for papers)
Sarah Breitenfeld (University of Washington), Introduction
Jay Oliver (University of Toronto), Acca Soror: Queer Kinship and the Amazon/Huntress Band
Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz (Hamilton College), Amazons in Christa Wolf's Troy
Michael Fowler (East Tennessee State University), Rosa Bonheur the Amazon? Victorian-era Fashion, Female Masculinity, and the Horse Fair (1855)
Donna Dodson (Brandeis University), What Do We Call Courageous Women?
Natasha Rao (University College London), A Tale of Two Dianas: Bisexuality, Dual Identity, and Censorship in Representations of Wonder Woman
Sara Palermo (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), From Diana to Arya: Lesbian Gaze and Postmodern Amazons